ON THIS DAY

NEWS

1899: Sir Billy Butlin, right, holiday camp pioneer, was born. 1941: A Nazi death squad killed 30,000 Russian Jews in Kiev. 1997: British scientists established a link between a human brain disease and one found in cows.

SPORT

1952: British and world water-speed record holder John Cobb, right, was killed on Loch Ness when his vessel Crusader hit waves at 240mph. 1988: Florence Griffith Joyner of USA sets 200m woman’s record (21.34)

SHOWBIZ

1930: Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw right, turned down a peerage. 1983: Musical A Chorus Line broke the record as the longestrunning Broadway show with its 3,389th performance since July 25, 1975.

BIRTHDAYS

Colin Dexter, author, 86; Jerry Lee Lewis, singer, 81; Ian McShane, actor, 74; Patricia Hodge, actress, 70; Luke and Matt Goss, singers (Bros), 48; Emily Lloyd, actress, 46; Mackenzie Crook, actor, right, 45.